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? Hmm.... that sounds just like something a rogue chat bot would say! ? :CWL:

If time is of the essence, why not just fly? If you’re driving, it’s either not far enough to fly (airport delays) or not time critical down to a few hours. I personally do road trips for fun, and I enjoy stopping to stretch my legs, refill coffee, grab a snack, every 2-3 hours. In the Taycan is...

What all that the Ford CEO said boils down to is complete vertical software integration, which is what Elon said he was after from the very beginning. It has its advantages, a lot around ability to patch and innovate. There is yet another difference that the Ford CEO has not yet internalized...

You don’t debadge, you rebadge as a 4S. Depending on your wife’s familiarity with the Taycan lineup, it could be as easy as a rear badge and door sills, or as complicated and changing the front lip and reprogram the PCM. Order Porsche headrest crests, black calipers, and wheels which mostly...

I'd say Tesla Supercharging Network is the McDonald's of charging networks - consistent, reliable, prevalent, nothing fancy. Porsche of charging already exists, Porsche charging lounges. Work great, fancy, exclusive, very few around. CCS network is a result of a design by committee...

Two biggest issue I have with the PCM, it regularly locks me out of the phone app access, with the phone app saying PCM is in privacy mode when it's not, and the PCM not booting on occasion, leaving me driving without any PCM functions (except for rear view camera, that shows up even when PCM is...

(American) English is not my first, or even second fluent language, but I get what you mean. I am not sure whether it was purely wind noise, or also tire noise which was making its way into the cabin via the doors. I do know that when I swapped out tires once, the noise did get worse - turned...

My Taycan with noise insulated glass has significantly road noise than my 2015 Model S, especially 65mph+. The 2018 Model S my wife had last was somewhat quieter than the 2015, but I never drove it enough to compare against the Taycan without measuring it. Test drove the Plaid, but never had a...

My wife has been driving a Model S'es since 2016 (I started in 2013, switched to Taycan this year). We've been shopping recently for replacement for her 2018 Model S. She wants an SUV for her next EV. I think she had her heart set of Model X as she likes her Model S and Model X would be most...

OTA updates can be used for good of for bad. Good - fix things quick, useful as nothing is ever perfect, especially with the complexity of current cars. Also, with internet connected devices which will always require security patches as it's a constant cat and mouse game between cyber...

Apparently the cult is growing: https://electrek.co/2023/07/13/tesla-most-wanted-car-brand-us-study/

Porsche recommends 85%, that is where I've been keeping it except on days where I have longer travel planned. Kept all my Teslas at the recommended 90% with no ill-effects.

This guys seems to have found a solution.

70 speed limit, dashed line, maybe he was just trying to pass a caravan quickly. ;) One of my pet peeves, people driving 10mph+ under the speed limit, 15+ under uphill, then downhill, where the passing is finally allowed, they go 10+ over the limit. If you need to pass 4 or more cars like this...

Sad but true. That is why I never wait to buy a car until I absolutely need one. Longest price negotiation I ever had took over a month, and 3 visits to a Lexus dealer, each time they tried a different trick (e.g. oh look, we discounted the car $5K for you - then why did my 48 month loan payment...

Neh, I had nothing prove to him. I did mention I got a new car already when they called back, but only so that we can finish the conversation and so they don' t keep on calling.

Yea, I always wondered too. The funniest yet was one time, way before COVID, they were asking MSRP, I offered the dealer 3% under the MSRP as that seemed to be the going rate at the time, sales guy goes to the sales manager office and comes back with, wait for it, 5% over MSRP. I asked if it...

Also the EQS. While it looks a little bland, on the inside it’s like a luxury Model S (similar size, way more options, higher quality materials).

It's not exactly sunk cost if in fact there is limited supply. If you're selling a used 2022 Taycan sedan, there are more of them than 2022 CTs, there is also a decent supply of 2021 and 2020 Taycans competing, not present for CT. I get there is some sunk cost fallacy happening with people who...

CT’s entered the market both much later than the sedan and in the middle of the pandemic supply-chain and shipping issues, resulting in very low volumes of CT’s in the US for the first little while - so much lower supply of used cars, no older options, resulting in higher resale. I also found...